Aha so its not a charge that affects the meter coil, its a sheer electrostatic thing that directly attracts the needle towards the glass/plastic, that I can understand.
In the Uk the quivalent to the simpson 260 is the Avo 8, its been with us a long time.
Nice demostration Ron.
Ok not an old wives tale, I'm not going to make reference to mine, she sometimes reads my posts.
6 inches of rain a year would be nice, we had 4 inches last night, and they say another 4 tonight, with gales.
I'm contemplating ressurecting a old project, a Lcr bridge, and mod it so's its also a esr meter, I have a couple of digi meters but the old analogue ones 'feel' better to use, th emovement is an antiquated 100ua one.
I remember walking round a boot sale and there was a old meter up on a pile of stuff, every time there was a bit of wind the pointer danced, not sure if it was the wind blowing the needle or some static effect, must try it with this one.